Article: A teenager from the US claims to have beaten Tetris

Jess · Posted Mon 08 Jan, 2024 3:32 PM

You can view the article at https://ufplanets.com/news.php?1527-...-beaten-Tetris

WoorLord · Posted Mon 08 Jan, 2024 3:34 PM

Congrats on your first article!

I was rubbish at Tetris, although it was pretty much the only game I played on my Gameboy back in the day. That music…. Didn’t it also make it into the pop charts at one point?

Jess · Posted Mon 08 Jan, 2024 3:36 PM

I also remember playing it on Gameboy! I honestly think the music was the best part.

Remsus · Posted Mon 08 Jan, 2024 3:59 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2-9wvKD1z4

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Originally Posted by Jess

I also remember playing it on Gameboy! I honestly think the music was the best part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ5E2xwCZCw

Rastilion · Posted Mon 08 Jan, 2024 4:03 PM

Even if i wanted to, i couldn't play as well as this kid...
Very good article

A little further information:
Video of the original game (42 minutes): https://youtu.be/J9oVQ43j22g
Info on the controller technique used (10 minutes): https://youtu.be/n-BZ5-Q48lE
The linked video by AGameScout is also very good to get more background info on the "defeat" of the game.

RavenSplat · Posted Mon 08 Jan, 2024 5:13 PM

It's amazing how far we have come with Tetris really. Once upon a time Level 29 was the only killscreen anyone cared about becuase going any further seemed impossible. Hyper Tapping and rolling have now allowed humans to reach such insane levels that we are reching something that the developers would have thought was so far off they would never have to worry about anyone reaching it. I've some people talking about letting Tetris having multiple kill screens, including one where you it up to Lv 255 and reset it round to 0 but the work required to make it there and avoid the kill screen that Blue Scuti hit is insane but a decade ago reaching this kill screen was also said ot be insane so who knows.

An absolutely insane record and the fact he dedicated it to his dad mkes it extra special. If he wants I can see this kid having a good job in QA and Game testing or even just the pro Tetris scene. Amazing work by this kid to get here first, he will always hold this record and no one can take that away from him and seeing the whole gaming area but especially the Tetris scene celebrate this kid and his achievement all together. I just hope all the rolling dosen't mess his hand up in a few years.

WoorLord · Posted Mon 08 Jan, 2024 5:19 PM

I'm sorry... (not sorry)... it's such a banger!

(btw...Doctor Spin was none other than Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber! unbelievable)

Novalance · Posted Mon 08 Jan, 2024 5:54 PM

I had Tetris on the Original Gameboy, had the gameboy from Father Christmas back in 89! Fun fact the gameboy still works to this day!
they just don't build them like that anymore! Anyway, I never managed to complete Tetris,
my wife was playing it (gameboy version) on our Retropie few months back and she got to the end,
if you hit 10,000 points I think it was, you get a rocket blasting off into space then put your name into the scoreboard and start again!
This was what she got, 30 odd years later and this was completely new to me!

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